Heel



R. E TABOR.

HEEL. PP'ucATwN FILED MAR. n. 1921.

1,409,611 5, Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT TABOR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO CINDERELLA HEEL CORPO-RATION, 01 'ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

HEEL.

Application filed March 17, 1921.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, lionnn'r E. Tnnon, a citizen of the United btatcs,residing at the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Heels, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention consists in means for attaching the top lift or heeltread to the bottom part of the heel body or heel casting andconstitutes animprovement over the invention that forms thesubject-matter of the application of Harry G. Balthasar, 396,718.

in the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, inwhich like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur, 7

Figure 1 is aside elevation of a shoe heel,

Figure 2 is a central vertical section there through; and

Figure 3 is a topplan view of the attaching plate.

The heel casting 1 may be attached to the heel seat 2 in any desiredmanner. The heel casting 1 contains an upper cavity 3 and a lower cavity4.

The partition and a The holes 6 are drilled in and through the wall 7 ofcavity at at an angle greater relatively to the vertical than in thesaid Balthasar device and are, furthermore, distin guished therefrom bybeing drilled entirely through the said wall 7, so as to communicateinto the said cavity at, whereas, in the other device they do notpenetrate to the said cavity and are at such an angle that they merelyenter the said wall 7, and are not drilled in such a direction as topoint toward the said cavity 4.

The prongs 8 borne by plate 9 are stamped out at a right angle to thesaid plate 9, and when their points 10 are entered into the holes (5 anda blow is struck, the'said prongs 8 are forced into holes 6 and bent inthe direction leading toward the cavity 4, and their points 10 bent byand along the floor of the cavity 4. i

The rubber of top lift 11 may be attached to plate 9 by vulcanization,in which event the plate 9 will be imbedded therein when molten, and thepads 12 willbe formed on one side of holes 18 in plate 9, while the mainbody of the top lift 11 will be on the 0 separates the cavities 3Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 14, 1922.

Serial No. 452,927.

other side thereof. If the top lift be of rubber, it may also beattached to plate 9 in any other desired manner. The same is true, also,if the toprlift 11 be of leather. or other material.

The particular feature of difference between this device and that ofBalthasar, above named, are, that the prongs 8 are made longer;the holes(5 are drilled at a different angle from the similar holes in thelialthasar device; the said holes 6 are drilled so as to pierce wall andinto cavity 4, whereas, lengthening of the drill holes in thelialth'asar device would not reach the simi lar cavity, but would onlypenetrate the wall further; and in this device the said lengthenedprongs touch the floor of cavity a: and are there bent in a clinchingmanner, the

said bent points 10 touching the edge of each of their respective holes6, and a clinch against pulling out from the said holes is provided,resulting in a tighter hold of the said top lift to the said heelcasting.

In addition to the said tighter attachment of the top lift to the saidheel casting, just mentioned, other advanta es inhere in thisconstruction, as follows: n case a cobbler is removing a top lift forsubstitution of another, and one of the prongs 10 happens to break off,it is not necessary for the c0bbler to waste time minutely picking itout, but he can simply place an awl in the drill hole 6 and drive thefragment out of it into cavity 4- and attach another top lift.Furthermore, it is possible with these longer prongs 1.0 and holes 6slanted more nearly to the horizontal, to repeat the changing of the toplifts more frequently. Aluminum is a soft metal, and with the holes 6 atthe angle shown in the Balthasar device it might be possible tosubstitute top lifts only about three times before such holes would losetheir holding capacity on the short from the spirit of this invention orthe scope of the following claims.

1 claim:

1. The combination of a heel having a.

cavity and passages opening into said cavity adjacent the floor of thesame, and a plate 7 with the floor oi the cavity and bent there-- bywhereby the attaching means are securely held in position in thecavities and the passages.

2. The combination of a heel having a cavity and passages opening intosaid cavity adjacent the floor of the same, a plate having-attachingmeans extended through said passages and terminating Within said cavity,said attaching means being engaged With the floor of the cavity and bentthereby, whereby the attaching means are securely held in position inthe cavities and the passages,'and a tread element carried by saidplate.

3. The combination of a heel having a cavity and a Wall surrounding thesame and having drill holes passing through the said wall and openinginto the said cavity, and

a top lift having an attaching plate bearmg prongs adapted to passthrough the said drill holes into the said cavity, the said havingdrillholes passing through the said wall and opening into the said cavity,and a top lift having an attachin plate bearing prongs adapted to passthrough the said drill holes into the said cavity, and there be bent orclinched against the floor of the said cavity, the said drill holesbeing arranged at such an angle as to afford a tight grip for the saidprongs.

5. The combination of a heel having a cavity and passages opening outthrough one end of the heel and communicating with the said cavity and aplate having attach-- ing prongs passing through the said passages andinto the said cavity and'the said prongs being bent against the floor ofthe said cavity.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

ROBERT E. ,TABGB.

